सोरठि मः १ चउतुके ॥Sorat'h, First Mehl, Chau-Tukas:माइ बाप को बेटा नीका ससुरै चतुरु जवाई ॥The son is dear to his mother and father; he is the wise son-in-law to his father-in-law.बाल कंनिआ कौ बापु पिआरा भाई कौ अति भाई ॥The father is dear to his son and daughter, and the brother is very dear to his brother.हुकमु भइआ बाहरु घरु छोडिआ खिन महि भई पराई ॥By the Order of the Lord's Command, he leaves his house and goes outside, and in an instant, everything becomes alien to him.नामु दानु इसनानु न मनमुखि तितु तनि धूड़ि धुमाई ॥१॥The self-willed manmukh does not remember the Name of the Lord, does not give in charity, and does not cleanse his consciousness; his body rolls in the dust. ||1||मनु मानिआ नामु सखाई ॥The mind is comforted by the Comforter of the Naam.पाइ परउ गुर कै बलिहारै जिनि साची बूझ बुझाई ॥ रहाउ ॥I fall at the Guru's feet - I am a sacrifice to Him; He has given me to understand the true understanding. ||Pause||जग सिउ झूठ प्रीति मनु बेधिआ जन सिउ वादु रचाई ॥The mind is impressed with the false love of the world; he quarrels with the Lord's humble servant.माइआ मगनु अहिनिसि मगु जोहै नामु न लेवै मरै बिखु खाई ॥Infatuated with Maya, night and day, he sees only the worldly path; he does not chant the Naam, and drinking poison, he dies.गंधण वैणि रता हितकारी सबदै सुरति न आई ॥He is imbued and infatuated with vicious talk; the Word of the Shabad does not come into his consciousness.रंगि न राता रसि नही बेधिआ मनमुखि पति गवाई ॥२॥He is not imbued with the Lord's Love, and he is not impressed by the taste of the Name; the self-willed manmukh loses his honor. ||2||साध सभा महि सहजु न चाखिआ जिहबा रसु नही राई ॥He does not enjoy celestial peace in the Company of the Holy, and there is not even a bit of sweetness on his tongue.मनु तनु धनु अपुना करि जानिआ दर की खबरि न पाई ॥He calls his mind, body and wealth his own; he has no knowledge of the Court of the Lord.अखी मीटि चलिआ अंधिआरा घरु दरु दिसै न भाई ॥Closing his eyes, he walks in darkness; he cannot see the home of his own being, O Siblings of Destiny.जम दरि बाधा ठउर न पावै अपुना कीआ कमाई ॥३॥Tied up at Death's door, he finds no place of rest; he receives the rewards of his own actions. ||3||नदरि करे ता अखी वेखा कहणा कथनु न जाई ॥When the Lord casts His Glance of Grace, then I see Him with my own eyes; He is indescribable, and cannot be described.कंनी सुणि सुणि सबदि सलाही अम्रितु रिदै वसाई ॥With my ears, I continually listen to the Word of the Shabad, and I praise Him; His Ambrosial Name abides within my heart.निरभउ निरंकारु निरवैरु पूरन जोति समाई ॥He is Fearless, Formless and absolutely without vengeance; I am absorbed in His Perfect Light.नानक गुर विणु भरमु न भागै सचि नामि वडिआई ॥४॥३॥O Nanak, without the Guru, doubt is not dispelled; through the True Name, glorious greatness is obtained. ||4||3||

सोरठि महला ३ ॥Sorat'h, Third Mehl:हरि जीउ तुधु नो सदा सालाही पिआरे जिचरु घट अंतरि है सासा ॥Dear Beloved Lord, I praise You continually, as long as there is the breath within my body.इकु पलु खिनु विसरहि तू सुआमी जाणउ बरस पचासा ॥If I were to forget You, for a moment, even for an instant, O Lord Master, it would be like fifty years for me.हम मूड़ मुगध सदा से भाई गुर कै सबदि प्रगासा ॥१॥I was always such a fool and an idiot, O Siblings of Destiny, but now, through the Word of the Guru's Shabad, my mind is enlightened. ||1||हरि जीउ तुम आपे देहु बुझाई ॥Dear Lord, You Yourself bestow understanding.हरि जीउ तुधु विटहु वारिआ सद ही तेरे नाम विटहु बलि जाई ॥ रहाउ ॥Dear Lord, I am forever a sacrifice to You; I am dedicated and devoted to Your Name. ||Pause||हम सबदि मुए सबदि मारि जीवाले भाई सबदे ही मुकति पाई ॥I have died in the Word of the Shabad, and through the Shabad, I am dead while yet alive, O Siblings of Destiny; through the Shabad, I have been liberated.सबदे मनु तनु निरमलु होआ हरि वसिआ मनि आई ॥Through the Shabad, my mind and body have been purified, and the Lord has come to dwell within my mind.सबदु गुर दाता जितु मनु राता हरि सिउ रहिआ समाई ॥२॥The Guru is the Giver of the Shabad; my mind is imbued with it, and I remain absorbed in the Lord. ||2||सबदु न जाणहि से अंने बोले से कितु आए संसारा ॥Those who do not know the Shabad are blind and deaf; why did they even bother to come into the world?हरि रसु न पाइआ बिरथा जनमु गवाइआ जमहि वारो वारा ॥They do not obtain the subtle essence of the Lord's elixir; they waste away their lives, and are reincarnated over and over again.बिसटा के कीड़े बिसटा माहि समाणे मनमुख मुगध गुबारा ॥३॥The blind, idiotic, self-willed manmukhs are like maggots in manure, and in manure they rot away. ||3||आपे करि वेखै मारगि लाए भाई तिसु बिनु अवरु न कोई ॥The Lord Himself creates us, watches over us, and places us on the Path, O Siblings of Destiny; there is no one other than Him.जो धुरि लिखिआ सु कोइ न मेटै भाई करता करे सु होई ॥No one can erase that which is pre-ordained, O Siblings of Destiny; whatever the Creator wills, comes to pass.नानक नामु वसिआ मन अंतरि भाई अवरु न दूजा कोई ॥४॥४॥O Nanak, the Naam, the Name of the Lord, abides deep within the mind; O Siblings of Destiny, there is no other at all. ||4||4||

सलोक मः ५ ॥Shalok, Fifth Mehl:आदि मधि अरु अंति परमेसरि रखिआ ॥In the beginning, in the middle and in the end, the Transcendent Lord has saved me.सतिगुरि दिता हरि नामु अम्रितु चखिआ ॥The True Guru has blessed me with the Lord's Name, and I have tasted the Ambrosial Nectar.साधा संगु अपारु अनदिनु हरि गुण रवै ॥In the Saadh Sangat, the Company of the Holy, I chant the Glorious Praises of the Lord, night and day.पाए मनोरथ सभि जोनी नह भवै ॥I have obtained all my objectives, and I shall not wander in reincarnation again.सभु किछु करते हथि कारणु जो करै ॥Everything is in the Hands of the Creator; He does what is done.नानकु मंगै दानु संता धूरि तरै ॥१॥Nanak begs for the gift of the dust of the feet of the Holy, which shall deliver him. ||1||मः ५ ॥Fifth Mehl:तिस नो मंनि वसाइ जिनि उपाइआ ॥Enshrine Him in your mind, the One who created you.जिनि जनि धिआइआ खसमु तिनि सुखु पाइआ ॥Whoever meditates on the Lord and Master obtains peace.सफलु जनमु परवानु गुरमुखि आइआ ॥Fruitful is the birth, and approved is the coming of the Gurmukh.हुकमै बुझि निहालु खसमि फुरमाइआ ॥One who realizes the Hukam of the Lord's Command shall be blessed - so has the Lord and Master ordained.जिसु होआ आपि क्रिपालु सु नह भरमाइआ ॥One who is blessed with the Lord's Mercy does not wander.जो जो दिता खसमि सोई सुखु पाइआ ॥Whatever the Lord and Master gives him, with that he is content.नानक जिसहि दइआलु बुझाए हुकमु मित ॥O Nanak, one who is blessed with the kindness of the Lord, our Friend, realizes the Hukam of His Command.जिसहि भुलाए आपि मरि मरि जमहि नित ॥२॥But those whom the Lord Himself causes to wander, continue to die, and take reincarnation again. ||2||पउड़ी ॥Pauree:निंदक मारे ततकालि खिनु टिकण न दिते ॥The slanderers are destroyed in an instant; they are not spared for even a moment.प्रभ दास का दुखु न खवि सकहि फड़ि जोनी जुते ॥God will not endure the sufferings of His slaves, but catching the slanderers, He binds them to the cycle of reincarnation.मथे वालि पछाड़िअनु जम मारगि मुते ॥Grabbing them by the hair on their heads, the Lord throws them down, and leaves them on the path of Death.दुखि लगै बिललाणिआ नरकि घोरि सुते ॥They cry out in pain, in the darkest of hells.कंठि लाइ दास रखिअनु नानक हरि सते ॥२०॥But hugging His slaves close to His Heart, O Nanak, the True Lord saves them. ||20||